Bankruptcy filings up slightly from previous year
Bankruptcy filings for the 12-month period ending March 31, 2011 rose slightly when compared to filings for the previous year, according to statistics released by the Administrative Office of the U.S....
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Poverty guidelines posted for waiver of bankruptcy fees
The office overseeing the federal judiciary has posted new poverty guidelines for the waiver of filing fees in certain bankruptcy cases. Under the Bankruptcy Code, those who file for Chapter 7...
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District courts selected for patent case pilot project
Fourteen U.S. District Courts have been selected to participate in a 10-year pilot project designed to improve the expertise of judges in patent cases. The pilot begins in July. The chosen courts were...
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More bankruptcy filers opt to skip lawyers, Courts say
WASHINGTON – The number of people choosing to file for bankruptcy without the aid of an attorney has nearly tripled in the last five years – a rate of growth much higher than the overall growth of...
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Bankruptcy filings fall for first time since abuse act of 2005
WASHINGTON – The number of bankruptcy cases filed in fiscal 2011, the 12-month period that ended in September, dropped 8 percent over the year before – the first decline since the Bankruptcy Abuse...
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Bankruptcy, appellate case filings drop in fiscal 2011
WASHINGTON – Caseloads at federal trial courts increased slightly during fiscal 2011, while the number of bankruptcy and appellate cases dropped, according to recently released data from the...
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Bankruptcy courts concerned about petition preparer abuse
WASHINGTON – Bankruptcy judges are expressing concern about the rise in abuses committed by non-lawyer “bankruptcy petition preparers,” according to the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts. The...
View ArticleNew modernized bankruptcy forms proposed
WASHINGTON – The Judicial Conference is proposing the first set of revised bankruptcy forms for individual filers in more than two decades. The conference is seeking public comments on the newly...
View ArticleBankruptcy filings continue to decline
WASHINGTON – In a continuation of the downward trend that began in 2011, bankruptcy filings in federal courts declined during calendar year 2012, according to data released by the Administrative Office...
View ArticleRule changes would deal with discovery
Lawyers are concerned that discovery is getting out of hand. The masses of data that are part of everyday operations in modern organizations are generating ever-more complicated discovery demands, even...
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